Coca Cola

 I'm trying to be more consistant with writing on my blog... This is one of many that I hope to post about my recent vacation to France and Italy.

I am a native of Atlanta, Georgia.  Coca cola has always been my favorite soft drink.  My dad had a Coke every day for breakfast as long as I can remember.  He might have had hot tea, but a Coke was definitely consumed around breakfast time as well as during the day.

It seems to run in the family.  No diet coke for us!  We want the real thing.  

During my travels, I have to have a coca cola no matter where I visit.  I paid $6.50 for a Coke near the Eiffel Tower in Paris.  I must admit it was delicious!  How could it not be great.  Coke goes great naturally with all foods in my honest opinion.  It is especially delicious with a burger and fries or pizza!  Was that Italian pizza really that delicious or did the coke just compliment the taste so well.  I think it's a bit of both.

My cousin, Katie, loves coke as much as I do.  She will send me a photo of her drinking a coke while she is on vacation.  I happily return the gesture and send her a photo or two.  

I have a collection of  Coca-Cola memorabilia.  I didn't think to bring back an empty bottle of some of them.  I was too busy enjoying the scenery, dinners, and the adventure.  I will try to remember for next time.  I'm already thinking of where to go next!

Photos:  During the soccer tournaments, the teams were represented on the coke bottles.  A chilled selection of Coke products in an Italian grocery store. Side note:  I love going to foreign grocery stores!  So much fun!  Me enjoying a coke in the courtyard of our airbnb in Florence. The coca-cola umbrellas at a cafe in Aix en Provence. Me holding the $6.50 coke near the Champs-Elysee in Paris. and ... what goes better with coke than french fries!  That was my lunch.  Reminded me of homemade french fries my Papa Jimmy would make for us every Wednesday when I was a child.  That was our dinner on Wednesday... French fries and a coke!